NHK, Fuji-TV, and TV-Asahi gave top play to reports on a traffic accident in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Tuesday that killed three people and injured six. TBS led with a report that a car plowed into a crowd in front of JR Sannomiya Station in Kobe on Tuesday, injuring seven people. NTV led with a report on the heavy rain and strong winds in Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday.

Top items in national dailies included the yen’s temporary surge to the mid-105 level against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday.